http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/arts/music/11met.html
Year: 2006
G”RECKI: Symphony no. 3
Henryk GÛreckiís Symphony no. 3 (1976), his ìSymphony of Sorrowful Songs,î as it is called, is one of the most popular recordings of late twentieth-century music.
CIMAROSA: Il Matrimonio Segreto
Premiered in 1792 (just months after the death of Mozart), Il Matrimonio Segreto won over Vienna from the start, and Domenico Cimarosaís opera would remain his most popular work.
LEE: The Great Instrumental Works
This book is for any aficionado or lover of classical instrumental music.
Soprano Sylvia McNair switches from opera to cabaret
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/13836554.htm
Operatic gold dust
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/02/09/bmshore09.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/02/10/ixartright.html
Child’s Opera According to Sendak: Send In the Bullies and Milk
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/arts/music/10send.html
BYRD: The Great Service
The religious turmoil of sixteenth-century England was characterized not only by factionalism and polarity, but also famously by the charting of a via media, a middle path, through opposing views.
Remembering Schumann
According to Charles K. Moss, “Robert Schumann was one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement in Germany. And like many in his generation, Schumann did not seem destined to become a composer, let alone one who would be so influential in the development of a new style. But music became all-important to Schumann, and he displayed multiple talents as a performer, composer, and literary exponent of Romanticism, championing new composers and their works and influencing the musical tastes of a generation.” This year marks the 150th anniversary of Schumann’s death.